Bok choy

Native to: China
Local season: best fall-spring

Also spelled pak choi and called leafy Chinese cabbage, this is a "zero calorie food" -- meaning it's so low-calorie you burn at least as many calories eating it as you get from it. It's a member of the cabbage family and likes cool weather, making it popular for winter and early spring gardens.

It provides a bunch of anti-oxidants and is an excellent source of vitamins A and C. You'll also get lots of vitamin K from it, and the various B-complex vitamins that are so important when you're under stress (and who isn't these days?). It also supplies a variety of minerals -- calcium, phosphorous, potassium, manganese, iron and magnesium -- along with some more recently popular nutrients such as omega-3s, beta-carotene, and lutein.

Read more:
Nutrition-and-you.com
whfoods.com

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